Oracle® Database

SQL Developer Installation Guide

Release 1.1
B28240-03

May 2007
Provides information for installing the Oracle SQL Developer
tool on Windows2000, Windows XP, Linux, and Mac OS X
systems.
Oracle Database SQL Developer Installation Guide, Release 1.1

B28240-03

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Preface ................................................................................................................................................................. v
Audience....................................................................................................................................................... v
Documentation Accessibility ..................................................................................................................... v
Related Documents ..................................................................................................................................... vi
Conventions ................................................................................................................................................. vi
Third-Party License Information............................................................................................................... vi

1 Installing Oracle SQL Developer

1.1 SQL Developer System Recommendations............................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Installing and Starting SQL Developer.................................................................................... 1-2
1.2.1 Windows Systems with JDK1.5 ......................................................................................... 1-3
1.2.2 Linux and Mac OS X Systems, and Windows Systems without JDK 5.0 .................... 1-3
1.3 Migrating User Settings from Release 1.0 ............................................................................... 1-4
1.4 Migrating Information from Previous Releases ..................................................................... 1-4
1.5 Location of User-Related Information ..................................................................................... 1-5
1.6 Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party) ................................. 1-6
1.7 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database ................................................... 1-7
1.8 Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information................................................................ 1-7
1.9 Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer ................................ 1-7
1.9.1 Configuring JAWS 3.70 and Access Bridge with SQL Developer ................................ 1-9
1.10 Uninstalling SQL Developer .................................................................................................. 1-10
1.11 SQL Developer Documentation............................................................................................. 1-10
1.12 Oracle on the Web.................................................................................................................... 1-10

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1–1 Recommendations for Windows Systems.............................................................................. 1-1
1–2 Recommendations for Linux Systems..................................................................................... 1-2
1–3 Recommendations for Mac OS X Systems ............................................................................. 1-2
1–4 Default Locations for User-Related Information................................................................... 1-5
1–5 Oracle Database Certification for SQL Developer ................................................................ 1-6
1–6 Non-Oracle (Third-Party) Database Certification for SQL Developer............................... 1-7

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This guide provides information for those installing the Oracle SQL Developer tool on
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Installing Oracle SQL Developer

Note: This guide assumes that you plan to download the SQL
Developer kit (.zip) file and install it as a freestanding tool.
If you plan to SQL Developer as part of the Oracle Database release 11
installation, see the Oracle Database installation documentation.

Please read the information in this chapter before you install Oracle SQL Developer.
This chapter contains the following major sections:
■ Section 1.1, "SQL Developer System Recommendations"
■ Section 1.2, "Installing and Starting SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.3, "Migrating User Settings from Release 1.0"
■ Section 1.4, "Migrating Information from Previous Releases"
■ Section 1.5, "Location of User-Related Information"
■ Section 1.6, "Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party)"
■ Section 1.7, "Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database"
■ Section 1.8, "Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information"
■ Section 1.9, "Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.10, "Uninstalling SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.11, "SQL Developer Documentation"
■ Section 1.12, "Oracle on the Web"

1.1 SQL Developer System Recommendations

This section describes the recommended minimum values for CPU, memory, display,
disk storage, and other resources on the supported systems.

Table 1–1 Recommendations for Windows Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Windows 2000-Service Pack 4
Windows XP-Service Pack 2
Windows 2003 R2
CPU Type and Speed Pentium IV 2 GHz MHz or faster

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Table 1–1 (Cont.) Recommendations for Windows Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Memory 1 GB RAM
Display 65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space 42 MB if you already have JDK 1.5
110 MB if you do not have JDK 1.5
Java SDK JDK 5.0 Update 6 or later for Windows, available at:
http://www.javasoft.com (If you do not have this SDK
installed, you can use SQL Developer, but you must download
and install the kit for Windows systems with no Java SDK or
with a Sun Java SDK release lower than 5.0.)

Table 1–2 Recommendations for Linux Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0
Fedora Core 4
CPU Type and Speed Pentium IV 2 GHz or faster
Memory 1 GB RAM
Display 65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space 110 MB
Java SDK JDK 5.0 Update 6 or later for Linux, available at:
http://www.javasoft.com

Table 1–3 Recommendations for Mac OS X Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4.x
CPU Type and Speed Dual 1.25 GHz G4/G5 (1 GHz G4 minimum)
Memory 1.5 GB RAM (1 GB minimum)
Display "Thousands" of colors
Hard Drive Space 110 MB
Java SDK Sun J2SE 1.5 release 1, available at:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se5
0release1.html

1.2 Installing and Starting SQL Developer

This section contains subsections with instructions for installing SQL Developer on all
supported systems.
SQL Developer does not require an installer. To install SQL Developer, you will need
an unzip tool. You can download a free, cross-platform unzip tool, Info-Zip, available
at http://www.info-zip.org/.

Important: Do not install SQL Developer into any existing ORACLE_

HOME. You will not be able to uninstall it using Oracle Universal
Installer.

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Important: If you are using a pre-release (Early Adopter) version of

SQL Developer, and if you want to be able to continue to use this
pre-release version after installing the official release kit, you must
unzip the official release kit into a different directory than the one
used for the pre-release version.

For Windows systems, there are two kits: one for systems on which the Sun Java SDK
release 1.5 is installed, and another for systems with no Java SDK or a Sun Java SDK
release lower than 1.5. Be sure to download the appropriate kit.
Before you install SQL Developer, look at the remaining sections of this guide to see if
you need to know or do anything else first.
The steps for installing SQL Developer depend on whether or not you will be using it
on a Windows system that does not have the Sun Java SDK release 1.5 installed:
■ For a Windows system with the Sun Java release 1.5 installed, follow the
instructions in Section 1.2.1.
■ For all other systems (Linux and Mac OS X systems, and Windows systems with
no Java SDK or a Sun Java SDK release lower than 1.5 installed), follow the
instructions in Section 1.2.2.

1.2.1 Windows Systems with JDK1.5

To install and start SQL Developer on a Windows system on which the Sun Java SDK
release 1.5 is installed, follow these steps:
1. Unzip the SQL Developer kit into a folder (directory) of your choice (for example,
C:\Program Files). This folder will be referred to as <sqldeveloper_
install>.
Unzipping the SQL Developer kit causes a folder named sqldeveloper to be
created under the <sqldeveloper_install> folder (for example, C:\Program
Files\sqldeveloper). It also causes many files and folders to be placed in and
under that directory.
2. To start SQL Developer, go to <sqldeveloper_install>\sqldeveloper, and
double-click sqldeveloper.exe.
If you are asked to enter the full pathname for java.exe, click Browse and find java.exe.
For example, the path might have a name similar to C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin\java.exe.
After SQL Developer starts, you can connect to any database by right-clicking the
Connections node in the Connections Navigator and selecting New Database
Connection. Alternatively, if you have any exported connections (see Section 1.4 or
Section 1.10), you can import these connections and use them.
You can learn about SQL Developer by clicking Help, then Table of Contents, and
reading the help topics under SQL Developer Concepts and Usage.

1.2.2 Linux and Mac OS X Systems, and Windows Systems without JDK 5.0
SQL Developer requires that the Sun Java J2SE JDK 5.0 (Update 5 or later) be installed
on the system. If you need to install this JDK, go to
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp and click the link for
downloading JDK 5.0 Update 6 (or the most recent available update).

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To install and start SQL Developer, follow these steps:

1. Unzip the SQL Developer kit into a directory (folder) of your choice. This
directory location will be referred to as <sqldeveloper_install>.
Unzipping the SQL Developer kit causes a directory named sqldeveloper to be
created under the <sqldeveloper_install> directory. It also causes many files
and folders to be placed in and under that directory.
2. To start SQL Developer, go to the sqldeveloper directory under the
<sqldeveloper_install> directory, and do one of the following, as
appropriate for your operating system:
On Linux and Mac OS X systems, run sh sqldeveloper.sh.
On Windows systems, double-click sqldeveloper.exe.
After SQL Developer starts, you can connect to any database by right-clicking the
Connections node in the Connections Navigator and selecting New Database
Connection. Alternatively, if you have any exported connections (see Section 1.4 or
Section 1.10), you can import these connections and use them.
You can learn about SQL Developer by clicking Help, then Table of Contents, and
reading the help topics under SQL Developer Concepts and Usage.

1.3 Migrating User Settings from Release 1.0

The first time you start SQL Developer after installing it or after adding any
extensions, you are asked if you want to migrate your user settings from a previous
release. (This occurs regardless of whether there was a previous release on your
system.)

Note: Migration of user settings is supported only from SQL

Developer Release 1.0 to Release 1.1. It is not supported for migration
from a pre-release version of 1.1 to Release 1.1.

These settings refer to database connections, reports, and certain SQL Developer user
preferences that you set in a previous version by clicking Tools and then Preferences.
However, some user preferences are not saved, and you must re-specify these using
the new release.
To migrate user settings from SQL Developer Release 1.0:
1. Unzip the Release 1.1 kit into an empty directory (folder). Do not delete or
overwrite the directory into which you unzipped the Release 1.0 kit.
2. When you start SQL Developer Release 1.1, click Yes when asked if you want to
migrate settings from a previous release.
3. In the dialog box that is displayed, do not accept the default location for the
settings. Instead, specify the location of your Release 1.0 settings, which might be a
folder whose path ends with sqldeveloper\jdev\system.
See also Section 1.4, "Migrating Information from Previous Releases".

1.4 Migrating Information from Previous Releases

If you have used a previous release of SQL Developer or a pre-release version of the
current release, you may want to preserve database connections that you have been

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using. To preserve database connections, save your existing database connections in an

XML file. To save the connections, right-click the Connections node in the Connections
Navigator and select Export Connections. After you complete the installation
described in this guide, you can use those connections by right-clicking the
Connections node in the Connections Navigator and selecting Import Connections
If you want to use any user-defined reports or the SQL history from a previous
version, see Section 1.5 for information about where these are located. If you want to
use any user-defined reports or the SQL history from Release 1.0 with both Releases
1.0 and 1.1, you must save them before using Release 1.1, because Release 1.1 modifies
the files to a format that is incompatible with Release 1.0.
SQL Developer preferences (specified by clicking Tools and then Preferences) from a
pre-release version of the current release cannot currently be saved and reused; you
must re-specify any desired preferences.

Note: If you want to uninstall your pre-release version of SQL

Developer before installing this release, see Section 1.10, "Uninstalling
SQL Developer".

1.5 Location of User-Related Information

SQL Developer stores user-related information in several places, with the specific
location depending on the operating system and certain environment specifications.
User-related information includes user-defined reports, user-defined snippets, SQL
Worksheet history, and SQL Developer user preferences.
In most cases, your user-related information is stored outside the SQL Developer
installation directory hierarchy, so that it is preserved if you delete that directory and
install a new version. The exception to this is on Windows systems, where SQL
Developer user preferences are stored under the installation directory. To preserve
preferences on Windows systems when upgrading to a more recent version of the
same SQL Developer release, but not to upgrade from Release 1.0 to 1.1, use the Check
for Updates feature (click Help, then Check for Updates) to upgrade your system.
The user-related information is stored in or under the following location:
■ On Windows systems: the HOME environment variable location, if defined;
otherwise the SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR location, if defined; otherwise as
indicated in the following table
■ On Linux and Mac OS X systems: the SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR location, if
defined; otherwise as indicated in the following table
The following table shows the typical default locations (under a directory or in a file)
for specific types of resources on different operating systems. (Note the period in the
name of any directory or folder named .sqldeveloper.)

Table 1–4 Default Locations for User-Related Information

Resource Type Windows Systems Linux or Mac OS X Systems
User-defined C:\Documents and ~/.sqldeveloper/UserReports.xml
reports Settings\<user-name>\.sqldeveloper\
UserReports.xml
User-defined C:\Documents and ~/.sqldeveloper/UserSnippets.xml
snippets Settings\<user-name>\.sqldeveloper\
UserSnippets.xml

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Table 1–4 (Cont.) Default Locations for User-Related Information

Resource Type Windows Systems Linux or Mac OS X Systems
SQL history C:\Documents and ~/.sqldeveloper/system/
Settings\<user-name>\.sqldeveloper\
SqlHistory.xml
SQL Worksheet C:\Documents and ~/.sqldeveloper/tmp/
archive files1 Settings\<user-name>\.sqldeveloper\
tmp\
SQL Developer <sqldeveloper_ ~/.sqldeveloper/system/
user preferences install>\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\s
ystem\
1
SQL Worksheet archive files contain SQL statements that you have entered. These files begin with sqldev
and then have a random number (for example, sqldev14356.sql). If you close SQL Developer with a SQL
Worksheet open that contains statements, you will be prompted to save these files.

To specify a non-default SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR location, do either of the

following:
■ Set the SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR environment variable to specify another
directory path.
■ Edit the <sqldeveloper_
install>\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf file
and substitute the desired directory path for SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR in the
following line:
SetUserHomeVariable SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR

If you want to prevent other users from accessing your user-specific SQL Developer
information, you must ensure that the appropriate permissions are set on the directory
where that information is stored or on a directory above it in the path hierarchy. For
example, on a Windows system you may want to ensure that the sqldeveloper
folder and the <user-name>\.sqldeveloper folder under Documents and
Settings are not shareable; and on a Linux or Mac OS X system you may want to
ensure that the ~/.sqldeveloper directory is not world-readable.

1.6 Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party)

This section describes Oracle and non-Oracle (third-party) databases that are certified
for use with SQL Developer.
Table 1–5 lists the Oracle database certifications.

Table 1–5 Oracle Database Certification for SQL Developer

Product Releases
Oracle Database Oracle9i (9.2.0.1 and later)
Oracle10g
Oracle Database Express Edition Oracle10g

SQL Developer can be used to view metadata and data of several non-Oracle
(third-party) databases. Table 1–6 lists the third-party database certifications.

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Table 1–6 Non-Oracle (Third-Party) Database Certification for SQL Developer

Database Releases Notes
Microsoft Access Access 97 For any Access release: no JDBC driver needed, but you
must ensure read access to system tables in the .mdb file.
Access 2000
Access 2003
Microsoft SQL SQL Server 7 For any Microsoft SQL Server release: JDBC driver
Server jtds-1.2.jar required; included in jtds-1.1-dist.zip
SQL Server 2000
available from sourceforge.net.
SQL Server 2005
MySQL MySQL 3.x For any MySQL release: JDBC driver required. For
MySQL 5.x: mysql-connector-java-5.0.4-bin.jar, which is
MySQL 4.x
included in mysql-connector-java-5.0.4.zip
MySQL 5.x

For information about creating and using connections to third-party databases, see the
information about database connections in the SQL Developer online help or Oracle
Database SQL Developer User's Guide.

1.7 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database

You are encouraged to use Oracle Advanced Security to secure a JDBC connection to
the database. Both the JDBC OCI and the JDBC Thin drivers support at least some of
the Oracle Advanced Security features. If you are using the OCI driver, you can set
relevant parameters in the same way that you would in any Oracle client setting. The
JDBC Thin driver supports the Oracle Advanced Security features through a set of
Java classes included with the JDBC classes in a Java Archive (JAR) file and supports
security parameter settings through Java properties objects.
For more information about using Oracle Advanced Security, see Oracle Database JDBC
Developer's Guide and Reference.

1.8 Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information

For the latest configuration information or for information on addressing accessibility
and assistive technology issues, see the Oracle Accessibility FAQ at
http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/faq.html.
Also, check the SQL Developer release notes (readme.txt file) to see if there are any
currently known issues regarding accessibility.

1.9 Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer
To make the best use of our accessibility features, Oracle Corporation recommends the
following minimum technology stack:
■ Windows 2000 or Windows XP
■ Java Sun J2SE 1.5.0_05
■ Sun Java Access Bridge 1.1 or higher
■ JAWS 3.70.87, or 5.10 or higher
Follow these steps to set up a screen reader and Java Access Bridge. If you are using
JAWS 3.70.87, see the additional configuration information provided after the
procedure.

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1. Install the screen reader, if it is not already installed. (See the documentation for
your screen reader for more information about installation.)
2. Install SQL Developer.
3. Download Java Access Bridge for Windows version 1.1. The file you will
download is accessbridge-1_1.zip. It is available from
http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge. (See the Java Access
Bridge documentation available from this Web site for more information about
installation and the Java Access Bridge.)
4. After downloading the file, extract (unzip) the contents to a folder, for example,
accessbridge_home.
5. Install Java Access Bridge by running Install.exe from the <accessbridge_
home>\installer folder.
The installer first checks the SDK version for compatibility, then the Available Java
virtual machines dialog displays.
6. Click Search disks. Then select to search only the drive that contains the SQL
Developer build and the SDK version in the program files directory (if it exists).
The search process can take a long time on a large disk with many instances of
SDK or SQL Developer, or when searching multiple disks. However, unless you
complete an exhaustive search of your disk, Access Bridge will not be optimally
configured, and will not be correctly installed to all of the Java VMs on your
system. After selecting the disk to search, click Search.
7. Confirm that you want to install the Java Access Bridge into each of the Java
virtual machines displayed in the dialog, by clicking Install in All.
8. Click OK when you see the Installation Completed message.
9. Confirm that the following files have been installed in the Winnt\System32
directory (or the equivalent Windows 2000 or XP directory), or copy them from
<accessbridge_home>\installer\installerFiles because they must be
in the system path in order to work with SQL Developer:
JavaAccessBridge.dll
JAWTAccessBridge.dll
WindowsAccessBridge.dll

Note that the system directory is required in the PATH system variable.
10. Confirm that the following files have been installed in the <sqldeveloper_
install>\jdk\jre\lib\ext directory, or copy them from <accessbridge_
home>\installer\installerFiles:
access-bridge.jar
jaccess-1_3.jar
jaccess-1_4.jar
JavaAccessBridge.dll
JAWTAccessBridge.dll
WindowsAccessBridge.dll

11. Confirm that the file accessibility.properties has been installed in the
<sqldeveloper_install>\jdk\jre\lib\ext directory, or copy it from
<accessbridge_home>\installer\installerFiles. Confirm that the file
accessibility.properties includes the following lines:
assistive_technologies=com.sun.java.accessibility.AccessBridge
AWT.EventQueueClass=com.sun.java.accessibility.util.EventQueueMonitor

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AWT.assistive_technologies=com.sun.java.accessibility.AccessBridge

12. Only if you are using JAWS version 3.7, do the following: modify the file
sqldeveloper.conf located in the folder <sqldeveloper_
install>\sqldeveloper\bin to uncomment the AddVMOption line, as
shown in the following:
#
# Prepend patches to the bootclasspath. Currently, rtpatch.jar contains a
# patch that fixes the javax.swing.JTree accessibility problems.
# Uncomment the line below if you need to run SQL DeveloperSQL Developer under
JAWS.
#
AddVMOption -Xbootclasspath/p:../../jdk/jre/lib/patches/rtpatch.jar

13. Start your screen reader.

14. Start SQL Developer.

These steps assume you are running Windows and using a Windows-based screen
reader. A console window that contains error information (if any) will open first and
then the main SQL Developer window will appear, once SQL Developer has started.
Any messages that appear will not affect the functionality of SQL Developer.

1.9.1 Configuring JAWS 3.70 and Access Bridge with SQL Developer
The following combinations of Access Bridge file versions are necessary to achieve
optimal functionality with JAWS 3.70, since this version of the screen reader uses older
Java technology than is used in SQL Developer. There are two stacks of software
technology listed below for those who want to use either version 1.0.3 or 1.0.4 of the
Access Bridge. Also required in the system32 directory is a copy of the latest version
of the Access Bridge jar file.

Access Bridge v. 1.0.3 Configuration for SQL Developer

Place the following files in the <sqldeveloper_install>\jdk\jre\lib\ext
directory:
access-bridge.jar size: 27295 version: access-bridge-1.0.4
JAWTAccessBridge.dll size: 28672 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
jaccess-1_3.jar size: 43584 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
jaccess-1_4.jar size: 46597 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
JavaAccessBridge.dll size: 139264 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
WindowsAccessBridge.dll size: 77824 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3

Place the following file in the <sqldeveloper_install>\jdk\jre\lib directory:

accessibility.properties size: 353 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3

Place the following files in the Windows system32 directory:

JavaAccessBridge.dll size: 155648 version: AccessBridge_1_1_GA
WindowsAccessBridge.dll size: 77824 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
JAWTAccessBridge.dll size: 28672 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3

Access Bridge v. 1.0.4 Configuration for SQL Developer

Place the following files in the <sqldeveloper_install>\jdk\jre\lib\ext
directory:
access-bridge.jar size: 27295 version: access-bridge-1.0.4
JAWTAccessBridge.dll size: 32768 version: AccessBridge-1.0.4

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jaccess-1_4.jar size: 46573 version: AccessBridge-1.0.4

JavaAccessBridge.dll size: 139264 version: AccessBridge-1.0.4
WindowsAccessBridge.dll size: 77824 version: AccessBridge-1.0.4

Place the following file in the <sqldeveloper_install>\jdk\jre\lib directory:

accessibility.properties size: 153 version: AccessBridge-1.0.4

Place the following files in the Windows system32 directory:

JavaAccessBridge.dll size: 155648 version: AccessBridge_1_1_GA
WindowsAccessBridge.dll size: 77824 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3
JAWTAccessBridge.dll size: 28672 version: AccessBridge-1.0.3

1.10 Uninstalling SQL Developer

Before you uninstall SQL Developer, if you plan to install SQL Developer (the same or
an updated version) later, you may want to save your existing database connections;
and if so, see Section 1.4 before uninstalling.
To uninstall SQL Developer, remove the entire SQL Developer installation directory
(that is, the directory named sqldeveloper and all directories and files under it in
the hierarchy).
If you also want to remove all user-specific SQL Developer information, you should
also delete the directory under which that information is stored (that is, the SQL
Developer user information directory). For the location of this directory, see
Section 1.5.
If you have created a shortcut for SQL Developer, and if you do not plan to install SQL
Developer into the same location again, you should remove that shortcut or modify
the shortcut properties to reflect the new location.

1.11 SQL Developer Documentation

SQL Developer provides user documentation in the Oracle Database SQL Developer
User's Guide and in the online help. To see the help, click the Help menu, or click the
Help button or press the F1 key in relevant contexts while you are using SQL
Developer.
As a convenience, the SQL Developer online help topics are also available in a single
PDF file, which you can download separately from the SQL Developer kit.

1.12 Oracle on the Web

Oracle provides a number of resources on the Web. These are some sites you may find
helpful:
■ SQL Developer home page (OTN):
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_
developer/
■ SQL Developer discussion forum (OTN):
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=260
■ Oracle Technology Network (OTN): http://www.oracle.com/technology/
■ PL/SQL page on OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/pl_
sql/

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■ Oracle Accessibility site: http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

■ Oracle Corporate site: http://www.oracle.com/

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